Towards a strategy to implement the Canadian Wetland Inventory using satellite remote sensing

Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 33, Issue , 2007, Pages S1-S16

  Fournier, Richard A ^a   Grenier, Marcelle ^b   Lavoie, André ^a   Hélie, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONFORMAL MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIFICATIONS; WATER;

SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING; WETLAND INVENTORY;

WETLANDS;

EID: 38849184303     PISSN: 07038992     EISSN: 17127971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5589/m07-051     Document Type: Article

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